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Comment by rapsey

3 days ago

Free market capitalism does not exist anywhere.

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immibis  3 days ago

In fact, free market and capitalism are opposites.

  • Turskarama  3 days ago

    Lol no they aren't, they're orthogonal, almost entirely unrelated.

    • jdsleppy  3 days ago

      I assume they are saying that in practice, if wealth gives one influence (if one lives in capitalism), one will use that influence to make one's market less free to one's benefit.

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